{"id":3460,"date":"2026-04-24T13:50:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:50:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:50:33","slug":"kernel-7-1-rc-pre-test-vmware-ok-nvidia-fails-and-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=3460","title":{"rendered":"Kernel – 7.1-rc Pre-test – VMware OK, NVIDIA Fails, and Fix.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Kernel 7.1-rc1 will be out soon, and I tested the latest GIT code to see if there are any issues…<\/p>\n

VMware installs without any problems:
\n# vmware-modconfig –console –install-all<\/span><\/strong>
\n[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.<\/span><\/strong>
\nStopping vmware (via systemctl): [ OK ]<\/span><\/strong>
\nStarting vmware (via systemctl): [ OK ]<\/span><\/strong>
\nroot@rgenvy17:\/home\/rgadsdon# vmware –version<\/span><\/strong>
\nVMware Workstation 25.0.1 25219725<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

NVIDIA 595.58.03<\/strong> compile fails:
\n………….<\/span><\/strong>
\nCONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd<\/span><\/strong>
\nCONFTEST: ib_peer_memory_symbols<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] nvidia\/nv-platform.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn file included from .\/.\/common\/inc\/nv-platform.h:27,<\/span><\/strong>
\nfrom nvidia\/nv-platform.c:30:<\/span><\/strong>
\n.\/.\/common\/inc\/nv-linux.h:1699:10: fatal error: linux\/of_gpio.h: No such file or directory<\/span><\/strong>
\n1699 | #include <linux\/of_gpio.h><\/span><\/strong>
\n| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/strong>
\ncompilation terminated.<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[4]: *** [\/usr\/src\/linux-7.1-rc01\/scripts\/Makefile.build:289: nvidia\/nv-platform.o] Error 1<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[3]: *** [\/usr\/src\/linux-7.1-rc01\/Makefile:2139: .] Error 2<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[2]: *** [\/usr\/src\/linux-7.1-rc01\/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[2]: Leaving directory ‘\/home\/rgadsdon\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-595.58.03\/kernel’<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[1]: Leaving directory ‘\/usr\/src\/linux-7.1-rc01’<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake: *** [Makefile:138: modules] Error 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There seems to be a simple fix for this..
\nIn NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-595.58.03\/kernel\/common\/inc\/nv-platform.h<\/span><\/strong>
\nreplace
\nlinux\/of_gpio.h<\/span><\/strong>
\nwith
\nlinux\/gpio\/machine.h<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-and then the compilation completes successfully (with the usual – several – warnings..)<\/p>\n

……………..<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] nvidia.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] .module-common.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nLD [M] nvidia.ko<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] nvidia-uvm.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nLD [M] nvidia-uvm.ko<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] nvidia-modeset.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nLD [M] nvidia-modeset.ko<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] nvidia-drm.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nLD [M] nvidia-drm.ko<\/span><\/strong>
\nCC [M] nvidia-peermem.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>
\nLD [M] nvidia-peermem.ko<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[2]: Leaving directory ‘\/home\/rgadsdon\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-595.58.03-custom\/kernel’<\/span><\/strong>
\nmake[1]: Leaving directory ‘\/usr\/src\/linux-7.1-rc01’<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

– and # nvidia-smi<\/span><\/strong>
\nFri Apr 24 13:30:15 2026<\/span><\/strong>
\n+—————————————————————————————–+<\/span><\/strong>
\n| NVIDIA-SMI 595.58.03 Driver Version: 595.58.03 CUDA Version: 13.2 |<\/span><\/strong>
\n+—————————————–+————————+———————-+<\/span><\/strong>
\n| GPU Name Persistence-M\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 | Bus-Id Disp.A\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |<\/span><\/strong>
\n| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage\/Cap\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0| Memory-Usage\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0| GPU-Util Compute M.\u00a0 |<\/span><\/strong>
\n|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 | MIG M.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|<\/span><\/strong>
\n|=========================================+========================+======================|<\/span><\/strong>
\n| 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 … Off\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0| 00000000:02:00.0 Off\u00a0 \u00a0| N\/A\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 |<\/span><\/strong>
\n| N\/A 46C P8 2W \/ 35W\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0| 0MiB \/ 4096MiB\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0| 0% Default\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|<\/span><\/strong>
\n|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 | N\/A\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 |<\/span><\/strong>
\n+—————————————–+————————+———————-+
\n<\/span><\/strong>(this is a hybrid Intel\/NVIDIA laptop)<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything appears to work OK – tested with KDE\/Plasma and VMware with Win10 Guest..<\/p>\n

As usual, this is a non-expert solution (!) and more kernel code changes will be made before -rc1 is released..<\/p>\n

Robert Gadsdon. April 24th 2026.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kernel 7.1-rc1 will be out soon, and I tested the latest GIT code to see if there are any issues… VMware installs without any problems: # vmware-modconfig –console –install-all [AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support. Stopping vmware (via systemctl): [ OK ] Starting vmware (via systemctl): [ OK ] root@rgenvy17:\/home\/rgadsdon# vmware –version VMware Workstation 25.0.1 25219725 …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,14,15,18,19,25],"tags":[161,2816,2276,2817,1501,407],"class_list":["post-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compilation","category-hacks","category-kernel","category-linux-2","category-nvidia","category-opinion","category-vmware","tag-fix","tag-kernel-7-1","tag-nvidia-fails","tag-rc-pre-tests","tag-tested","tag-vmware-ok"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3461,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions\/3461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}